Answer:
The inequality describing the situation is:
[tex]7b+9u>1500[/tex]
Step-by-step explanation:
Joe works as a busboy at the rate of = $7 per hour
Let the number of hours he works as a bus boy this month be = [tex]b[/tex] hours
∴ Amount Joe would make this month working as a busboy =[tex]\$7\times b=\$7b[/tex]
Joe works as a theater usher at the rate of = $9 per hour
Let the number of hours he works as a theater usher this month be = [tex]u[/tex] hours
∴ Amount Joe would make this month working as a theater usher =[tex]\$9\times u=\$9u[/tex]
Total amount Joe would make this month =[tex]\$(7b+9u)[/tex]
His goal is earn more than $1500 this month.
∴ The situation can be represented in the following inequality:
[tex]7b+9u>1500[/tex]
